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〜だにしない: not even imagine

N1 · 09 Emphasis and feeling

Says something is so unexpected that it cannot even be imagined or thought of.

Noun/verb dictionary form + だに(しない): 想像だにしない, 予想だにしなかった, 夢にだに. A literary fixed phrase used with thinking verbs. Related to the particle だに (even), which is already a card.

Examples

まさか自分じぶんが選えらばれるとは、想像そうぞうだにしなかった。

I never even imagined that I would be the one chosen.

あの日ひ、あんな大だい事故じこが起おきるとは、予想よそうだにしなかった。

That day, nobody could have predicted such a big accident.

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